As a part of Chinese culture,wine culture has been closely connected with the traditions and customs since its formation.It reflects...
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In addition, there were other wine vessels made of gold, silver, jade, crystal, agate and ivory which served as a...
China is the first producer of porcelain. In around 16th century B.C., the mid-Shang dynasty already had primitive porcelains, which...
The origin of lacquer vessels can be dated back to the Hemudu culture (5000 BC to 4500 BC). Lacquer vessels...
Ancient Chinese metallurgy derived from late primitive society. As early as Longshan culture period, man learned how to forge red...
Wine vessels,as its name suggests,are used for drinking wine.Its development reflected the level of Chinese ancient handcraft.The vessels,on one hand,influenced...
Some scholars in modern time believe that wine is a product of nature,discovered instead of being invented by man.The main...
Chinese wine and its culture have a long and continuous history, leaving us man moving stories. They are shining bright...
As early as in the Han dynasty the magic tricks enjoyed vigorous development; by the Wei, Jin, the South and...
In the Pre-Qin period the juggling plays were only limited to juggling balls andjumping swords and the varieties were quite...
The circus acts and animal plays thrived in the Tang dynasty. There were various performances of horsemanship, circus acts and...
In the Sui and Tang dynasties the magic art made new breakthroughs, especially through communications with India and adoption of...
By the Sui and Tang dynasties the aerial acrobatics made headway and myriads of aerial acrobatic shows emerged. The aerial...
Among the varieties of acrobatics, the magic shows appeared comparatively late and developed relatively slow. Up to the Han dynasty...
Differing from strength acrobatics and physique skills, the juggling acrobatics is the performing art following the objects' motion law. The...
The major aerial acrobatics such as "the dwarf climbing up the pole"and "Dai gan"have been mentioned in the preceding part....
After Qin Shihuang("First Sovereign Emperor of China")unified China,all the acrobatic performers from different areas converged in Xianyang and helped to...
The somersault, also called "flip", is quite familiar to us. It is a movement in which one touches his head...
The expression "circus acts"first appeared in the Han dynasty referring to the various acts performed by the man riding a...
The Chinese traditional art of acrobatics appeared as early as in the Pre-Qin dynasty.Though the acrobatics was quite primitive during...